On Beausoliel's CD 'Parlez-Nous a Boire & More' there's a track called Paquet d'Epingles (Packet of Pins). This is a version of an old song called 'The Keys of Canterbury' (discussion and links to 'Paper of Pins' in the digitrad here ) which itself can be traced back to an older and more sinister Scots ballad called 'The Devil's Courtship'.

Here's what Beausoliel had to say about it - I just thought it might be of interest in the present discussion:
..."from the collection of Louisiana French folksongs recorded by John and Alan Lomax in 1934 for the Library of Congress, was sung by Elita Hoffpauir of New Iberia. Michael was instrumental in acquiring a copy of these historic recordings for the University of Southwestern Louisiana's folklore collection and has found a wealth of material in them, arranging formerly unaccompanied songs for his group. (The best of the Lomax recordings are now available to the public on Swallow Records.)"